Another FReeper made a very good observation about the bombing in Egypt - he(she?) said that AQ and its minions may be trying to give the impression that anarchy is breaking out.
In other words, stable societies and governments are incapable of protecting their citizens, and it's every man for himself - and hence, easier for the wolves of Islam to pick off.
if that is the case, they are signing their own death warrants.
The flip side is that citizens are free to form vigilante gangs, unrestrained by government and PC considerations. Mosques now are protected by the government. Hurt enough people's families and that protection will fade. It will make for a nightmarish, crime-ridden society, but eventually numbers will prevail.
That would explain the attempted bombing in London a week after 7/7. A second attack so close to the first is not the usual pattern.
May be so. Note the most recent acts have been inside secular states. They have been trying to create Islamic states everywhere, trying to recreate their spectacular success of a thousand years ago. They are doomed to failure if history is any guide. Failed revolutions never find the same circumstances again and just fizzle. Ask Saddam how his new Babylonian Empire is coming. Too late to ask Mussolini how the new Roman Empire did.
I am getting the impression AQ may be trying to attack more moderate Muslim nations in an attempt to frighten them into becoming more like Iran.
That is an interesting theory, but I'd really be surprised if AQ in particular had enough coordination left to pull off such a mission.
Perhaps a diversion; if I had my shit together I'd lay noise to divert attention from my #1 target(s). UK has our(media et al) attention; eyes open here!! Eyes up!!
Perhaps a diversion; if I had my shit together I'd lay noise to divert attention from my #1 target(s). UK has our(media et al) attention; eyes open here!! Eyes up!!
If it ever gets to that point in the US there'll be plenty of people willing to take-up target practice.